Key-lock.



' L. B. HOWARD.

KEY ocx. 7 APPLICATION IILED' JULY 3, 1912.

1,047,058, v Patented Dec.112.

' INVENTOR Langing B.Howozrd ATTORNEYS Lensme 1B. HOWARD, or sm'nrneo,CALIFORNIA.

I KEY-LOCK.

To all it concern:

Be it known that I,LANSING B.- HowABD,

a citizen of, the United States, and a resi-' dent of San Diego, inthecounty of San Diego and State of California, have invented a new andImproved Key-Lock, of

exact description. 1 v

My invention relates to' key locks, and it has for its object to providea simple nd inexpensive device which maybe use to which the followingis'a full," clear, and

- fasten door keys in place to absolutely prevent a burglar from removinor turning the key from the outside, making it impesl sibleto lock thedoor from the outside. It will also prevent children from removing thekey from thelock, which is a source of great annoyance and causes theloss of many keys.

Additional objects of the invention will "appear in the followingcomplete specification in which the preferred form of the invention isdisclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the views, in which-- -Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing a portion of a door having a lock and key, the key being securedin place with my key lock; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View ofFig. 1;]end Fig. 3is' apersp'ective view showing a key to which my keylock is secured. I

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that the key lock has-alooped member 5, which isdisposed through the opening 6 in the key 7,this looped member 5 having sides 8 and,9, which are substantiallyparallel, the side 9 having a set-off portion 10, and a terminal 11extending therefrom, so

that the said terminal 11 will be spaced apart and disposed. adjacentthe terminal 12 on the side 8.. These terminals 11 and 12 are providedwith bearings 18, in which is disposed a stud 14, the stud 14 extendingthrough an eye 15, disposed between the Specification of Letters Patent.Application and m a, 1912. Serial No. 707,484.

of two subscribing witnesses.

Patented Dec.1o,1912.

terminals 11 and 12, the said eye 15 being integral with the hook 1.6.

As will be seen by referring to Fig. lof the drawings, when the key 7'is disposed in the key hole 17, the hook 16 may be disposed over thedoor knob spindle 1-8, which will prevent the key 7 from being turned inthe lock. 7 It will .also be seen'that when the hook 16 is disposed overthe door knob' spindle 18, it will be impossible for children to removethe key from the lock, which is a source o'fgreat annoyance, and causesthe loss of many keys.

My key lock is especially well adapted for use in hotels and apartmenthouses, for, as will be seenjby referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings, theroom number may be stamped on the side 8 of the looped member 5; the keylock may take the, placeof the ordinary disk, which it is customary toattech to hotel keys, and, at the same time, it h will present a lockingdevice for the key, which will enable the guest occupying a room in thehotel to prevent'the turning of the key from the outside of the door. Itwill also be seen by referring to.Fig. 20f

the drawings that the key may be locked in such a position that it willact as a shield, and prevent any one from peeping through the key hole.

'Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent In a key lock,.alooped member normally disposed through an opening in the key, andhaving terminals with bearings, and a hook having an eye disposed at thebearings, and a stud disposed in the bearings and the eye for securingthe hook to the looped member.

In testimony whereof I have signedmyl name to this specification in thepresence LANSING B. HOWARD. Witnesses:

' KARL A. KLITTEN, E. J. ENSIGN.

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